Modalities

How I Work

At Kaleidoscopes Consulting, I approach every conversation with the belief that support should be as complex, dynamic, and human as the people I work with. My lens is trauma-informed, neurodiversity-affirming, and identity-centered, and my methods are shaped by real-world context, not rigid protocol. I draw from my own experience in a variety of settings as well as a wide range of relational, systemic, and somatic approaches to meet the unique needs of each person or team.

A Flexible, Values-Driven Approach

I don’t follow a one-size-fits-all model. My style is integrative and adaptive—always grounded in relationship, shaped by curiosity and care, and guided by core values like autonomy, transparency, justice, and play.

Whether we’re making sense of a case, untangling systems stress, or exploring identity and burnout, I aim to walk alongside you—not ahead or behind. Together, we create space that supports authentic reflection, meaningful insight, and sustainable practice.

I often use visuals, metaphors, or movement-based tools to support executive functioning and energy management. Sessions are paced collaboratively and designed to honor what you actually need—not what some framework says you “should.”

Frameworks That Inform My Work

The modalities I draw from most often support reflective, identity-affirming, and systems-conscious practice. These include:

ARC (Attachment, Self-Regulation & Competency)
Narrative Therapy
Sensory Motor Arousal Regulation Treatment
Family Systems Theory
Solution-Focused Therapy
Attachment Theory
Intersectional Feminist Theory
Polyvagal Theory

These models help me explore regulation and resilience, relational dynamics, body-based safety, identity narratives, and the wider systems that shape us – but my work is not limited to their use. I have been trained in many additional models such as Internal Family Systems (IFS), Sensorimotor Therapy, Theraplay and a number of cognitive and mindfulness-based approaches that I also pull in when they are a good fit. I use and adapt tools flexibly based on how each person learns, processes, and communicates.

Neuro-Affirming and Identity-Aligned Care

Neurodivergence isn’t something I try to “work around”—it’s something I affirm, name, and celebrate. Whether I’m meeting with an individual or facilitating a group, I talk openly about masking, sensory needs, and burnout as real and valid parts of the experience. I offer flexibility in how we communicate and pace our time together, which might mean integrating silence, movement, or structured visual tools depending on what feels most supportive. Metaphor, imagery, and even humor often show up as ways to support executive functioning and deepen insight.

Identity-affirming work, for me, means paying attention to how race, gender, class, disability, and culture are showing up in the room—not as an abstract idea, but as something real and relational. I center the language and frameworks people use for themselves, and I aim to hold space that both affirms identity and acknowledges the harm or constraint imposed by larger systems when it’s present.

What It’s Like to Work With Me

My tone is warm and attuned, with plenty of room for humor, reflection, and curiosity. I bring a mix of playful energy and thoughtful analysis, always focused on what feels honest and useful to you. Depending on the moment, I might offer a metaphor to help clarify a complex system, sketch out a visual to trace patterns or power dynamics, or use story and narrative to help make sense of something tangled.

I deeply believe that mistakes are not failures—they’re some of our best teachers. I welcome them. I encourage the people I work with to bring their missteps into the room, knowing that they’ll be met without judgment. I regularly share my own mistakes, too—not to self-deprecate, but to model what it looks like to learn and grow from them. When we talk about what didn’t go well, we get the chance to name our values, adjust our tools, and move forward with more insight and intention.

Our sessions are collaborative and grounded in clarity. You don’t need to show up with everything sorted out. I’ll meet you where you are, and we’ll focus together on how to keep building from what you’ve already learned.

Navigating Systems Without Losing Yourself

So many of us are working within institutions that weren’t built to support us—and certainly weren’t designed with our full humanity in mind. That’s why helping people navigate systems is a central part of my work. Together, we look at how power shows up—both in relationships and in structures—and find ways to shift it when we can. I support folks in building practical advocacy skills while also staying grounded in their values, even in spaces that make that feel difficult or risky.

I don’t subscribe to frameworks that are compliance-driven, deficit-focused, or pathologizing. My work isn’t about helping people “fit” into unjust systems—it’s about honoring their insight, supporting their resilience, and finding ways to get needs met and move through those systems with more clarity, connection, and agency.